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Conjugation of the German verb festhalten

A list of the common conjugations for the German verb festhalten, along with their English translations.

Infinitive		Scored
festhalten	to latch on

Present		Scored
ich halte fest	I latch on
du hältst fest	you latch on
er hält fest	he latches on
sie hält fest	she latches on
wir halten fest	we latch on
ihr haltt fest	you latch on
sie halten fest	they latch on

Preterite / Präteritum This is more a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Perfekt is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
ich hielt fest	I latched on
du hieltst fest	you latched on
er hielt fest	he latched on
sie hielt fest	she latched on
wir hielten fest	we latched on
ihr hieltt fest	you latched on
sie hielten fest	they latched on

Past / Perfekt		Scored
ich habe festgehalten	I latched on
du hast festgehalten	you latched on
er hat festgehalten	he latched on
es hat festgehalten	she latched on
wir haben festgehalten	we latched on
ihr habt festgehalten	you latched on
sie haben festgehalten	they latched on

Pluperfect / Plusquamperfekt		Scored
ich hatte festgehalten	I had latched on
du hattest festgehalten	you had latched on
er hatte festgehalten	he had latched on
es hatte festgehalten	she had latched on
wir hatten festgehalten	we had latched on
ihr hattet festgehalten	you had latched on
sie hatten festgehalten	they had latched on

Future		Scored
ich werde festhalten	I will latch on
du wirst festhalten	you will latch on
er wird festhalten	he will latch on
sie wird festhalten	she will latch on
wir werden festhalten	we will latch on
ihr werdet festhalten	you will latch on
sie werden festhalten	they will latch on

Future Perfect / Futur II The German Future Perfect or Futur II is constructed similarly to English, with the present tense of werden (will), the past participle of the verb and the auxiliary verb haben or sein at the end of the clause.		Scored
ich werde festgehalten haben	I will have latched on
du wirst festgehalten haben	you will have latched on
er wird festgehalten haben	he will have latched on
es wird festgehalten haben	she will have latched on
wir werden festgehalten haben	we will have latched on
ihr werdet festgehalten haben	you will have latched on
sie werden festgehalten haben	they will have latched on

Conditional		Scored
ich würde festhalten	I would latch on
du würdest festhalten	you would latch on
er würde festhalten	he would latch on
sie würde festhalten	she would latch on
wir würden festhalten	we would latch on
ihr würdet festhalten	you would latch on
sie würden festhalten	they would latch on

Conditional Perfect / Plusquamperfekt Konjunktiv II The German Conditional Perfect or Plusquamperfekt Konjunktiv II is constructed with the Konjunktiv II tense of the auxiliary verb haben or sein and the past participle.		Scored
ich hätte festgehalten	I would have latched on
du hättest festgehalten	you would have latched on
er hätte festgehalten	he would have latched on
es hätte festgehalten	she would have latched on
wir hätten festgehalten	we would have latched on
ihr hättet festgehalten	you would have latched on
sie hätten festgehalten	they would have latched on

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich hielte fest	I would latch on
er hielte fest	he would latch on
sie hielte fest	she would latch on

Imperative		Scored
halt fest	Latch on
halten wir fest	Let's latch on

Present Participle		Scored
festhaltend	latching on

Past Participle		Scored
festgehalten	latched on

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